AddManifest AddIn

[lamer]

Hi all!
Where can I find the AddManifest.dll (I've found this name in RadAsm Help)?
Or there is another way to create manifest resource?

[KetilO]

Hi

That addin is not stable in newer versions of RadASM

I prefer making an xptheme.xml file and add it as a MANIFEST resource.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly
   xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1"
   manifestVersion="1.0">
<assemblyIdentity
    processorArchitecture="x86"
    version="5.1.0.0"
    type="win32"
    name="program.exe"/>
    <description>Mx XP Program</description>
    <dependency>
    <dependentAssembly>
    <assemblyIdentity
         type="win32"
         name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls"
         version="6.0.0.0"
         publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df"
         language="*"
         processorArchitecture="x86"/>
    </dependentAssembly>
    </dependency>
</assembly>


KetilO

[lamer]

Hi!
That's exactly what I have tried to do, before starting to search after addin. I did: Project-->Resource and then added new resource of MANIFEST type. This added the entry:
#define MANIFEST                   24
1                  MANIFEST  DISCARDABLE "TestWindow.xml"
in the .rc file in Res directory. Everything is OK,isn't it? But then begins something strange. While making EXE I get an error message:
CVTRES : fatal error CVT1100: duplicate resource -- type:24, name:1, language:0x0409
TestWindow.res : fatal error LNK1123: failure during conversion to COFF: file invalid or corrupt

I go to .res file and see that my Manifest has been added twice! Well, I delete the resource, save all and try to add the manifest again.
Ooooops! Just the same error, but now .res file includes 4(!) instances of manifest. After all I have just created a new project and copied the code manually.

[KetilO]

Yes, this might happend if you manually edit the .rc files

KetilO

[liquidsilver]

How could you get it to work then?

[Shantanu Gadgil]

Add the following line to the .RC file

1   24   MANIFEST  DISCARDABLE "THEME_XP.xml"

The file THEME_XP.XML should be as:
---cut here---
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
<assemblyIdentity
    name="Win32.Application.Name"
    processorArchitecture="x86"
    version="1.0.0.0"
    type="win32"/>
<description>Win32.App.Desc</description>
<dependency>
    <dependentAssembly>
        <assemblyIdentity
            type="win32"
            name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls"
            version="6.0.0.0"
            processorArchitecture="x86"
            publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df"
            language="*"
        />
    </dependentAssembly>
</dependency>
</assembly>
---cut here---

[Shantanu Gadgil]

Another thing MSDN says that if you have the "manifest" as one of the resource, you do not need to call "InitCommonControls"

Obviously if you still have to use "InitCommonControlsEx".

[Shantanu Gadgil]

ERROR in my previous post...the line:

1   24   MANIFEST  DISCARDABLE "THEME_XP.xml"

should be:

1   24  DISCARDABLE "THEME_XP.xml"

[mariø]

you can also have the manifest as a exefilename.exe.manifest in your executable directory

[QvasiModo]

That addin is not stable in newer versions of RadASM

Is it much work to fix it? What do I have to do?

[KetilO]

Hi

I am not shure, but guessing that registers (ebx, esi or edi) are not preserved.

KetilO

[QvasiModo]

I'll try to fix it when I get back home (don't have the sources here).